Compounding pharmacies started as small mom-and-pop stores that mixed hard-to-find medications for local doctors and their patients who had allergies, difficulty swallowing, or otherwise could not take mass-produced drugs.
But amid growing drug shortages in the pharmaceutical industry, some large compounders such as the New England Compounding Center stepped in and expanded their business far beyond the industry’s homespun roots.
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This fiasco again involves the MA Dept of Public Health and oversight by Patrick. Incompetence and mismanagement reigns supreme under patrick. we deserved who we voted in.
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In your next breath you'll be touting the free market and complaining about regulation.
You're a piece of work....
rsox2007 wrote, "This fiasco again involves the MA Dept of Public Health and oversight by Patrick. Incompetence and mismanagement reigns supreme under patrick. we deserved who we voted in." >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stupid comment. Incompetence and mismanagement have been ongoing in Mass for many decades. I have a 3 part series of articles from the New York Times from the 1950s that describe a corrupt and mismanaged environment. In the past I have included excerpts in my Globe comments along with a recommendation and request that the Globe reprint the series. The Globe has never responded. You are doing what many have done before, blaming the scandals or a certain governor. A need for more funding is a popular one too. I got that as a comment from a local hack when I went through Edward Ginsberg's Divorce Court in Concord, MA in 1992. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can't manage by chosing "good people" and thinking that they will chose "good people" to work for them. Human Nature dictates that there will be a bunch of accidental mistakes from "good people". Some "good people" will "go bad" or have days when they are in a bad mood and make an "intentional mistake". And, of course, some will not be "good people" in the first place. There has to be thorough checks and balances and those at the top need to know that problems down the hierarchy will be detected and brought to their attention. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This problem is systemic, and these systemic problems will continue, or even get worse, if the system (ie, the way things are managed) does not change. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> By the way, it seems that other problems of this sort in other states have not resulted in many deaths the way this one might. Looks like MASS will have another first...
Just adding to my comment below, per the Globe information I also think that compounding pharmacies are not appropriately regulated. Just like the underregulated environment with the mortgage and real estate fiasco allowed some banks, mortgage brokers, and others, to get very rich, it also resulted in millions losing their homes to foreclosure (now and in the future). Too bad people with back pain with now trade that for headache, grave illness, and potential death.
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This is what a Gov. Deval Patrick will get you! The Governor failed to replace retiring Pharmacists and the surveying group of Pharmacists dwindled down to one person (the former Supervisor) who also retired a couple of years ago. Betcha - DPH is doing everything they can to keep that faux pas under wraps.
lesvalseuses wrote, "This is what deregulation, "smaller government," etc. will get us. Think."
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Yes. Overregulation is not good, and underregulation is not good, so the key is a balance that keeps people safe yet allows commerce and innovation.
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Cantabrigian01 wrote, "This is what a Gov. Deval Patrick will get you!"
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Yes, maybe the buck stops there, but is that unique in the system or in history? Do you think Beacon Hill is much more transparent, organized, thorough, careful, and efficient in what it does than the governor is in what he does? (Do you think the Governor was responsible for the Department of Probation scandal, and not Beacon Hill? Do you think past governors have been much better? To me it is who is really working hard and trying to do the right things in th right way, but IN THE MIDST OF A LONG HISTORY OF CORRUPTION AND MISMANAGEMENT. Do you think a with a Republican governor these problems would go away? If I remember correctly we had a Republican governor when I went through the corrupt divorce court in Concord, MA in 1992 and the suggested explanation to my disbelief in how abusive I found the process to be -- from the courthouse hack lawyer who had written a book with Judge Ginsburg -- was that judicial budgets had been cut; In retrospect that was a clear attempt at bait and switch. Find a different reason for things working badly, one that benefits the very people who are the reason for thing working badly in the first place).
By the way, lesvalseuses, "think" is a great slogan (popularlized by IBM). Another one, my personal favorite in these times is "Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate".